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On the Police Logs 07.23.15

Amagansett

Alexander Stillman was using his MacBook Air at Jack’s Coffee House on July 14, and when he left he put the laptop, valued at $2,000, in the trunk of his 2007 Mercedes in the Amagansett Square parking lot. He is not sure whether he locked the car, he told police, but when he returned later that day the laptop was gone.

A man entered a Hawks Nest Lane house early Saturday and fell asleep on a bed. When Rod Richardson woke him up, the man said he thought he was at “his friend’s sister’s house.” Mr.

Jul 23, 2015
Springs Men Charged as Cocaine Dealers

East Hampton Town police have accused two Springs men of running a cocaine distribution ring. The two, who were arrested on July 15, face a minimum of 15 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge.

Juan P. Porras, 48, and Jose Jaime Restrepo-Perez, 41, were arrested following a traffic stop on Route 114. According to police, Mr. Porras, the driver, was in possession of six ounces of cocaine. He and Mr. Restrepo-Perez were charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Bail was set last Thursday for Mr.

Jul 23, 2015
Yes, He Took the Safe

Police leveled two charges of burglary against a local man last week. Kevin T. Powell of East Hampton, 29, was said to have broken into a house on Island Road, East Hampton, on June 13.

Jul 23, 2015
Montauk Confrontations

Overnight on Saturday, Montauk was the scene of two incidents in which men had to be subdued before they could be arrested.

Jul 16, 2015
Off Leash and Facing Fines

East Hampton Village police have been issuing summonses almost every day this season to beachgoers who let their dogs roam in restricted areas.

Jul 16, 2015
On the Police Logs 07.16.15

What was on the police logs this week.

Jul 16, 2015
Woman Run Over on Beach

East Hampton Village police have released information about an accident that occurred on Egypt Beach in the early hours of June 27 and sent a Sagaponack teen to the hospital.

Jul 16, 2015
N.Y.C. Fireman Is Charged

East Hampton Town police have charged a New York City fireman with two counts of aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor, after a series of incidents in late May and early June.

Jul 9, 2015
No Holiday for These Drivers

An all-county law enforcement sweep conducted in the town of East Hampton on the night of July 3 resulted in seven motorists being charged with driving while intoxicated.

Jul 9, 2015
On the Police Logs 07.09.15

Find out who's on the police logs.

Jul 9, 2015
He ‘Only Had Six Drinks’

A local man who was charged early Sunday morning with drunken driving is said to have told the East Hampton Town police officer who arrested him that “I only had six drinks tonight.”

Jul 2, 2015
On the Police Logs 07.02.15

The weekly police logs

Jul 2, 2015
Theft at Main Beach Pavilion

East Hampton Village police charged a Mount Sinai man with petty larceny Monday afternoon for allegedly stealing an Apple iPhone from a youth at the Main Beach pavilion.

Jul 2, 2015
More Charges for Springs Man

Jefferson Davis Eames who has an open case stemming from an alleged road-rage incident on Neck Path in Springs in December 2013 was back in court last Thursday on a new charge.

Jun 25, 2015
On the Police Logs 06.25.15

A roundup of calls to police

Jun 25, 2015
Safe After Near-Drowning

A 4-year-old child who nearly drowned in a pool in Springs earlier this month was released from the hospital this week.

Jun 25, 2015
Visit From the Coast Guard

On Saturday night, a routine Coast Guard safety check of a 50-foot Viking yacht ended with its owner under arrest for boating while intoxicated.

Jun 25, 2015
On the Police Logs 06.18.15

East Hampton

A two-person kayak was stolen from Sharon Gajajivain’s yard at the Oakview Highway mobile home park at some point over the past six weeks. Ms.

Jun 18, 2015
Also on the Logs 06.11.15

What's on the police logs this week.

Jun 11, 2015
Thirty-Seven Suspensions

A Mastic Beach man whose driver’s license has been suspended or revoked 37 times over the past 13 years was charged last Thursday night with felony unlicensed driving, following a traffic stop on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton.

Jun 11, 2015
Tickets for Dogs on Beach

East Hampton Village police have continued to crack down on dogs on the beach when they are not supposed to be, issuing eight summonses over the weekend to seven dog walkers.

Jun 11, 2015
Also on the Logs 06.04.15

What's on the police logs this week.

Jun 4, 2015
Arsonist Appears in Court, Pleads Guilty to 2014 Fire

A Sagaponack man, David Osiecki, 65, pleaded guilty on May 26 to one of two arson charges, admitting in a Central Islip courtroom that he had set the April 19, 2014, fire that seriously damaged a $34 million house on Dune Road in Bridgehampton. Its owner, Ziel Feldman, was an acquaintance of Mr. Osiecki’s.

Jun 4, 2015
More State Police Assigned to Montauk

The New York State Police Department has added at least two more squad cars to patrol in Montauk on weekend nights.

Jun 4, 2015
Valon Shoshi Indicted

Last October, Mr. Shoshi, 29, distraught over his troubled marriage to a woman in his native Kosovo, had led East Hampton Town and Village police on a manhunt after firing three rounds from a shotgun inside the Springs house he shared with his parents.

Jun 4, 2015
On the Police Logs 05.28.15

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May 28, 2015
Summer Rental Was a Scam

When Edward Orr Sr., a driver for Road Runner Taxi in Montauk, picked up three people from Manhattan Friday morning at the Montauk train station, there was nothing unusual about the call. They were headed, on the first day of the big holiday weekend, to a summer rental on South Fulton Drive, a dirt road off Old West Lake Drive.

When they arrived at 99 South Fulton Drive, though, something was wrong: The house at that address was occupied. The photo they had seen online looked more like 93 South Fulton.

“The door to the house was open. They were saying, ‘Hello?

May 28, 2015
World Pie Fire Still Under Investigation

The cause of a fire at World Pie restaurant in Bridgehampton remained under investigation yesterday, four days after the blaze closed down the mainstay at the start of the busy Memorial Day weekend.

May 28, 2015
Arrests Begin to Increase as Summer Nears

The season started a week early on local roads, with a noticeable increase in the number of drunken-driving arrests.

May 21, 2015
On the Police Logs 05.21.15

A woman who returned last week to her Cutter Court house found that four driveway lights had been smashed, and a couple of dog walkers who forgot to clean up after their dogs were ticketed.

May 21, 2015